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Hypericum tetrapterum Fr. sect. Hypericum 
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FamilyHYPERICACEAE
Genus speciesHypericum tetrapterum Fr. sect. Hypericum
BibliographyNovit. Fl. Svec.: 236 (1823)
Native RangeEurope to Caucasus, Medit. to Iran
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude0-2000m
Descriptionglabrous, leaves translucently punctate, subamplexicaule, ovate-oblong, obtuse, flowers solitary, calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, entire, eglandular
Size20-70cm
Coloryellow
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsHolosepalum quadrangulum (L.) Fourr.
Hypericum acutum Moench
Hypericum acutum ssp. euacutum Hayek
Hypericum acutum f. humile (Boenn.) Hegi
Hypericum acutum f. patulum (Boenn.) Hegi
Hypericum acutum var. rotundifolium (Willk.) Schinz
Hypericum acutum ssp. tetrapterum (Fr.) Maire
Hypericum alatum Retz
Hypericum ambiguum Kanitz
Hypericum borbasii Formánek
Hypericum confertum (Choisy) G.Don
Hypericum fallax var. quadrangulare (L.) O.Schwarz
Hypericum maculatum ssp. quadrangulum (L.) Hayek
Hypericum neapolitanum Ten.
Hypericum neapolitanum var. confertum (Choisy) Guss.
Hypericum quadrangulare Willd.
Hypericum quadrangulum L.
Hypericum quadrangulum var. acutum Fiori
Hypericum quadrangulum ssp. acutum Rivas Goday & Borja
Hypericum quadrangulum var. alatum (Retz.) Boenn.
Hypericum quadrangulum var. confertum Choisy
Hypericum quadrangulum var. humile Boenn.
Hypericum quadrangulum var. neapolitanum (Ten.) Ten.
Hypericum quadrangulum var. patulum Boenn.
Hypericum quadrangulum var. pauciflorum Wahlenb.
Hypericum quadrangulum var. tetrapterum (Fr.) Borg
Hypericum quadrangulum ssp. tetrapterum (Fr.) Hook.f.
Hypericum quadratum Stokes
Hypericum quadrialatum Wahlb.
Hypericum rotundatum Schur
Hypericum tetrapterum f. densiflorum Čelak.
Hypericum tetrapterum var. genuinum Cout.
Hypericum tetrapterum var. neapolitanum (Ten.) N.Terracc.
Hypericum tetrapterum f. stigmaphyllum Woronow
Hypericum undulatum var. impellucidum H.Lindb.
Hypericum undulatum var. rotundifolium (Willk.) Pau
Territory1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, UKR Ukraine)
2 Africa
     20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco)
3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey)
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